2007 NATIONAL VOLUNTARY PRESENTATIONS

The
AMR national voluntary presentations took place
on Tuesday, 3 July 2007 at the United Nations Office in Geneva.
Six countries, Bangladesh,
Barbados,
Cambodia,
Cape Verde,
Ethiopia
and Ghana,
had volunteered to make national presentations.

Ministers
and senior officials delivered the
presentations to the Council. Representatives
from civil society and the private
sector participated in the presentations. The presentations focused on:

successes and challenges that have been identified
through the national consultative process in the implementation of the
national
development strategy designed to achieve the internationally agreed
development
goals (IADGs), including the MDGs,

the main accomplishments and challenges and the
initiatives the country has undertaken to address those challenges,

obstacles to implementation that require
regional and global cooperation.